As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
The Boston Foundation is making a concerted investment in creating a representative, diverse nonprofit sector - one of the best first steps you can make is taking 25 minutes to complete the national Race to Lead survey
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En momentos en que la nación se estremece a causa de los tiroteos de El Paso y Dayton, nuestra comunidad se une al dolor de las víctimas, y brinda apoyo a la comunidad Latina. De la misma manera hace un llamado para reconocer los fracasos, y enfrentar las causas de la violencia armada, que se han convertido en una epidemia de tiroteos.
Read moreAs the nation reels from the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, we grieve, we support our Latino community, and we call for an end to our failures to address the root causes of the epidemic of mass shootings.
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The Boston Foundation welcomes BlueHub Capital CEO and private equity partner to Board of Directors
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A WBUR report on the changes to rules defining which immigrants will be considered as a potential "public charge" cites Boston Indicators information on how many people may forgo support services to protect their green card and citizenship application status.
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Inside Philanthropy profiles Philip Barash and the rollout of TBF's new Place Leadership Network, a cohort of 8 teams working on peer learning and development of new public space initiatives.
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Paul Grogan expresses his concerns for the potential harm to immigrant families of new rules increasing the ways that legal immigrants could be deemed a "public charge" and thus lose their green cards or citizenship opportunities
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A glowing review of Nick Cave's "Augment", a creative exhibition coordinated with Now + There and supported by TBF that brings large, inflatable sculptures to the Boston Center for the Arts and in September, to the Uphams Corner neighborhood.
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Our 16th exploration of Greater Boston housing finds that efforts to undo the legacy of redlining have not been enough to fix the region’s housing equity and segregation issues.
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A new report from Boston Indicators and the Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund explores the impact of changes to federal immigration policies on legal immigration channels for thousands of immigrants and their families in Massachusetts.
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The Spring 2019 edition of TBF NEWS features a look at a new innovative effort to scale workforce development for a new generation of workers, as well as stories on youth fitness, and a community college program that's making a difference for hundreds of immigrants seeking to use their education abroad here in the U.S.
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